Community collaboration and differential response: Canadian and international research and emerging models of practice

November 25, 2003 This article was written by Nico Trocm, Editor, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, Della Knoke, Editor, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, and Catherine Roy, Editor, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare. Child welfare services across Canada are responding to growing numbers of referrals involving an increasingly broad array of problems. The increase has been driven primarily by cases involving neglect or exposure to domestic violence, while severe physical harm and sexual abuse represent a declining proportion of cases. Although urgent protective responses continue to be a priority in situations involving severe abuse, the majority of . . .